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MItchell Park Domes83

Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Mitchell - Park - Garden - Domes

Milwaukee, Wisconsin is known for their wonderful parks and gardens among other things. One star attraction in their collection is definitely the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory. Residents lovingly...

16 comments    travel recreation flowers
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Story - How NOT to decorate a Christmas Tree!

This true story will give you an idea of how NOT to ever consider decorating your Christmas tree. This has been related to me by my mother when remembering her childhood and we have laughed about it many...

60 comments    family home christmas
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Top 10 Vacations In Wisconsin

Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garydenness/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Fellow Writer Hubber Julie-Ann Amos asked me the question: "Where are the best places in Madison?" Since I am new to the city of...

4 comments    hotel harley davidson wisconsin
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My mother as a youngster...

The cute little tyke in the wash barrel getting a bath is a photo of my mother as a youngster. My mother was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the mid 1920's. She had two older siblings, a sister that was 5...

12 comments    family gardening mother
Old needle container of my grandmother's82

My grandmother and the saying "Idle hands are the devil's workshop."

No one could ever accuse my grandmother of being idle. She fully subscribed to the old saying that "Idle hands are the devil's workshop." In an earlier hub I described how my maternal grandmother was left...

16 comments    sewing grandmother hand made
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Bosch, DeWalt, Milwaukee, and Makita Radio

Radios have been ubiquitous on the job-site since the advent of the boombox. The limitations of the standard portable radio in the harsh environment of the construction workplace are obvious. First, they...

2 comments    milwaukee bosch dewalt
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02-Love Letters from Vietnam: Processing Before Basic Training

Link to Complete Index of Letters 18 May, 1969 - Processing at Ft. Campbell, KentuckyHi Kate,There’s no processing assigned today (being Sunday) and this is the first chance I’ve had to think, but all I...

0 comments    romance vietnam hippies
My grandmother's First Holy Communion photo taken with her little cousin in attendance.76

My grandmother - boarded and taught by nuns in a convent school - early 1900's

My maternal grandmother was born near Kohler, Wisconsin, and was one of four living children in her family when her mother died at an early age. Her mother suffered from from what they at the time called...

28 comments    education children design
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5 Fun things to do in Milwaukee

In a state dominated by the Green Bay Packers, and a town crazy for the Milwaukee Brewers, you can still find pleasure in attending a Milwaukee Admirals game. Whether on a date, with a friend, or with family,...

12 comments    wisconsin green bay packers
That 70's show70

Movies And TV Shows filmed in Milwaukee and Wisconsin

TV 1. That 70's show The famous TV sitcom that first aired on August 23, 1998 and ran for 8 seasons, is about the life of teenagers living in the fictional place of Point Place, Wisconsin. A few famous...

6 comments    movies funny movie
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